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| Published: September 30, 2021
Understanding Bullying: Roles, Types, Gender Difference and Effect on Mental Health
Counselor Psychologist, Duayen Foundation, Samaypur Badli, Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.211.20210903
DOI: 10.25215/0903.211
ABSTRACT
This paper is an attempt to understand bullying, bullying roles and types, bullying and gender differences, bullying and its effect on the mental health of school going students in the last decade. The review of literature shows that boys and girls use different strategies of bullying. School going students involved in bullying activities (bully/victim) shows mental health problems. Mental health problems related to depression, suicidal tendency, anxiety, stress, low self-confidence and self-esteem, disturbed sleep and emotional and behavioural problems are seen among victims. Mental health issues such as symptoms of depression, externalizing problems, alcohol abuse, tobacco abuse and hyperactivity are some of the mental health problems seen among bullies.
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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, Balayan K. & Verma M.
Received: August 06, 2021; Revision Received: September 20, 2021; Accepted: September 30, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.211.20210903
10.25215/0903.211
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021